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1. Installation
   1. Install Node.JS & Homebridge on a Raspberry PI
   2. How to flash an ESP8266
   3. Preparing Homebridge On RaspberryPi
   4. Setting Up MQTT Server On RaspberryPi
   5. Technologies
   6. Collaborator
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Please create a config.json file

{
    "credentials": {
        "ssid": "YOUR_SSID",
        "password": "YOUR_PASSWORD"
    }
}

Flash an ESP8266

1. Please make sure your controller is connected with a DATA CABLE.
2. Open the terminal and navigate into this directory
3. Run the init.sh script to install al dependencies and flash the controller.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

brew install --build-from-source [email protected]
xcode-select --install
brew install picocom
brew install pip3
pip3 install esptool
pip3 install adafruit-ampy

binary='binary/esp8266-[0-9]*-v*.bin'
port='/dev/cu.usbserial-1420'

esptool.py --port $port erase_flash
esptool.py --port $port --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect 0 $binary

## Install Node.JS & Homebridge on a Raspberry PI

1. Setup the Repository

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.16.0 | sudo bash -

2. Install node.js additional packages

sudo apt install -y nodejs gcc g++ make python net-tools

3. Upgrade node.js to the newest LTS version

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v14.16.0/node-v14.16.0-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

4. Unpack the node.js LTS version

tar -xvf node-v14.16.0-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

5. Navigate into the unpacked folder

cd node-v14.16.0-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

6. Transfer the folder and restart your device

sudo cp -R * /usr/local/
shutdown -r now

7. Install Homebridge and Homebridge UI

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge homebridge-config-ui-x

8. Setup Homebridge as a service that will start on boot

sudo hb-service install --user homebridge

9. Make sure that you have all npm packages are update to date

npm install -g npm-check-updates

10. Restart your device

shutdown -r now

Now homebridge is runing on port 8581 You can get your IP Adress with this command

hostname -I

Preparing Homebridge On RaspberryPi

1. Execute homebridge/install.sh with

   ./homebridge/install.sh
   

2. Add the contents of homebridge-config.json to the accessories array in the homebridge config.json file at /var/lib/homebridge/config.json
3. Restart homebridge with command

   systemctl restart homebridge.service
   

Setting Up MQTT Server On RaspberryPi

1. Execute mqtt/install.sh with

   sudo ./mqtt/install.sh
   

Technologies

A list of technologies used within the project:

• Node.js: Version 14.16.0
• Homebridge: Version 1.3.4

Collaborator

• Valentin Falke
  
• Markus Koch